title: Light-stimulated release of dopamine from the primate retina is blocked by 1-2-amino-4-phosphonobutyric acid (APB).
abstract: Macaca mulatta retinas were superfused, in vitro, to measure the efflux of dopamine. Steady light, in the low photopic range, stimulated dopamine release slightly. Flashing light (3 Hz) superimposed over the steady background increased dopamine efflux significantly. This increase was completely blocked by the addition of d,1-2-amino-4-phosphonobutyric acid (d,l-APB, 10-100 microM) to the superfusion medium, but not by the addition of the inactive enantiomer d-APB (10 microM). The results suggest that ON bipolar cells provide the excitatory drive to dopaminergic amacrine cells in primates, as in other species.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, University of Texas Medical School, Houston, USA. M.Boelen@bendigo.latrobe.edu.au
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Boelen
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Boelen
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Marshak
mesh_terms: D000613:Aminobutyrates / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D004298:Dopamine / Q000378:metabolism*; D018765:Dopamine Uptake Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D018690:Excitatory Amino Acid Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007395:Interneurons / Q000378:metabolism*; D008027:Light; D008253:Macaca mulatta; D009627:Nomifensine / Q000494:pharmacology; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D012160:Retina / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000528:radiation effects*
chemical_list: D000613:Aminobutyrates; D018765:Dopamine Uptake Inhibitors; D018690:Excitatory Amino Acid Agonists; D009627:Nomifensine; C012729:2-amino-4-phosphonobutyric acid; D004298:Dopamine